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News and Trends 24 May 2022

Vaccines mobilized to control monkeypox outbreak

An unusual outbreak of monkeypox is causing concern worldwide in the shadow of the destructive Covid-19 pandemic. Both old and emerging vaccine technology could aid the fight against the outbreak. In the wake of the world-changing Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is voicing alarm over another unusual outbreak, this time of the viral […]

May 24, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 20 May 2022

Zealand Pharma’s drug for rare metabolic disease smashes phase III

After a year of slumping stock prices, Zealand Pharma is striking back, as its peptide drug improved blood sugar control in infants with the rare disease congenital hyperinsulinemia in a phase III trial. In late 2020, the Danish firm Zealand Pharma A/S hit a big obstacle when its peptide drug dasiglucagon failed to treat the […]

May 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 19 May 2022

Evotec, Sernova in partnership to develop beta cell diabetes therapy

Evotec and Sernova are set to join forces to advance a beta cell replacement therapy to treat insulin-dependent diabetes. As part of the deal, Evotec will make a €20M equity investment in Sernova. Germany-based Evotec and Canada’s Sernova have agreed on a partnership to develop and commercialize an implantable diabetes therapy based on beta cell […]

May 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Susannah Rodgers

News and Trends 19 May 2022

F2G enlists Shionogi to bring antifungal treatment to Europe and Asia

The UK company F2G Ltd. has announced a strategic collaboration with Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. Ltd. to develop and commercialize olorofim, an antifungal treatment for invasive fungal infections, in Europe and Asia. The deal centers on olorofim, F2G’s oral antifungal therapy for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis, an infection that can be deadly […]

May 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 May 2022

US Giant Apollo Bags Billion-Euro Partnership with Sofinnova

As biotech investment slows following a record-breaking year, the Paris-based Sofinnova Partners has landed a €1B collaboration deal with the US investment heavyweight Apollo to nurture life sciences companies. Cementing the trend for transatlantic deals between biotech investors, the US asset manager Apollo has entered into a billion-Euro partnership with the European venture capitalist (VC) […]

May 17, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

News and Trends 16 May 2022

Valneva’s Covid-19 Vaccine Contract in Dire Straits as EU Approval Lags

The stock price of the French Covid-19 vaccine maker Valneva has been knocked down by 20% as the company faces losing a supply contract with the European Commission. Despite receiving a glowing marketing authorization from the UK’s drug regulator in April this year, Valneva is struggling to gain traction with its Covid-19 vaccine in the […]

May 16, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 13 May 2022

Domain Therapeutics Bags €39M to Block GPCRs in Cancer Immunotherapy

Domain Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company in France and Canada developing cancer immunotherapies targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), has closed a €39M ($42M) Series A financing round to move its lead candidate to clinical trials. The approval of the first immune checkpoint inhibitor treatments in 2014 proved a gamechanger for cancer immunotherapy as they prevented tumors […]

May 13, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 May 2022

The Top European Biotech Investments in April 2022

Private biotech investments in Europe were on a steady decline in April 2022 as biotech public markets continued to disappoint. The top funding rounds were dominated by UK and Swiss firms targeting genetic diseases and cancer. April 2022 provided no relief for the European biotech industry as public stock markets remain anemic. Though flush with […]

May 12, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 10 May 2022

eureKARE Launches €150M Merger to Form Cell and Gene Therapy CDMO

The French startup creator eureKARE has set up a special purposes acquisition company (SPAC) with the ambition to merge multiple European contract development and manufacturing organizations into a heavyweight serving developers of gene therapies, protein drugs, and microbiome therapeutics. Over the last few years, record levels of funding have flowed into the biotech industry, particularly […]

May 10, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 6 May 2022

Melt&Marble Gains €5M to Brew Fat Alternatives Using Engineered Yeast

Tapping into the increasingly sophisticated market for meat alternatives, the Swedish synthetic biology startup Melt&Marble has raised €5M in seed financing to fund the development of a fermented fat ingredient that mimics the complex properties of beef fat. Companies are racing to enhance the flavor, melt, and mouthfeel of meat alternative products such as plant-based […]

May 6, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

News and Trends 5 May 2022

Amphista Lands Megadeals to Smash Cancer using Protein Degradation

As big pharma companies flock to drugs that destroy harmful proteins, the UK protein degradation specialist Amphista Therapeutics has bagged two landmark collaboration deals with the heavyweights Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck. Big pharma companies are piling onto biotechs developing drugs that can cause the destruction of target proteins in the cell — a field […]

May 5, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 3 May 2022

Tubulis Rides Investment Wave in ADCs with €60M Series B

The German firm Tubulis has raised a €60M Series B round to advance cancer drugs called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to clinical trials. This takes place as the ADC space is heating up with rapid approvals and investment deals. ADCs are the product of attempts to make more selective, safer versions of traditional chemotherapy. They consist […]

May 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Vaccines mobilized to control monkeypox outbreak

Zealand Pharma’s drug for rare metabolic disease smashes phase III

Evotec, Sernova in partnership to develop beta cell diabetes therapy

F2G enlists Shionogi to bring antifungal treatment to Europe and Asia

US Giant Apollo Bags Billion-Euro Partnership with Sofinnova

Valneva’s Covid-19 Vaccine Contract in Dire Straits as EU Approval Lags

Domain Therapeutics Bags €39M to Block GPCRs in Cancer Immunotherapy

The Top European Biotech Investments in April 2022

eureKARE Launches €150M Merger to Form Cell and Gene Therapy CDMO

Melt&Marble Gains €5M to Brew Fat Alternatives Using Engineered Yeast

Amphista Lands Megadeals to Smash Cancer using Protein Degradation

Tubulis Rides Investment Wave in ADCs with €60M Series B

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